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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 1997
Filed:
Jul. 30, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Martin Lowe, Greater Manchester, GB;
Timothy Jenkinson, Greater Manchester, GB;
Assignee:
Pilkington Glass Limited, , GB;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03C / ; C03C / ; C03B / ; C03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
65 601 ; 65 602 ; 65 605 ; 65 608 ; 65 90 ; 65 991 ; 65 992 ; 427162 ; 427164 ; 427165 ; 427167 ;
Abstract
A method of producing heatable mirrors comprising depositing onto a ribbon of hot glass during the production process a reflecting coating whereby the mirrors so formed have a visible light reflection of at least 70% and depositing an electroconductive heating layer onto the mirrors. There is also provided a heatable mirror comprising a glass substrate carrying a non-metallic reflecting coating whereby the mirror has a visible light reflection of at least 70% and an electroconductive heating layer deposited on the coated substrate.